I'd challenge that last years UNSWES side was as right up there with any of ECE's best Premier Division sides (22 players actually fielded, not the squad or club) over the past decade, with all respect to ECE, however ECE are a better club overall at this point given their consistency over a number of years, their depth, the wide variety of talent and what they have grown to become. Hats off to them.
Bit in relation to this thread, to suggest that last years Premiers were a far weaker side is simply not correct. I would definitely agree the overall competition has dramatically decreased and the quality of players who claim to be PD players has greatly reduced. But in regards to last years premiers, they are a quality line up that certainly are worth acknowledging as maintaining the standard of the comp in comparison to anything we've seen over the past 15 years.
In relation to UNSWES;
- Rampe now a 1st grade AFL player, all Australian, player of state carnival, NSW representative
- McAlister ACT representative footballer, ACTAFL premiership player
- Plant former ACT rep, NSW selected rep, SANFL player
- Collett NSW representative
- Tagliablue NSW representative, now with VFL club
I believe their greatest strength was their spread and eveness of their talent beyond just those outlined above across the whole 22.
Most impressive was that many of the premiership players were those same players from their 2011 side that finished 8th.
Hats off to McAlister for what he has done to that club in his first year as a senior coach, no doubt an impressive coach with a big future in the game at much higher levels.
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